In the mid-60s, a struggling vibraphone player named Charles Stepney and his wife, Rubie, visited their pastor looking for career advice. Stepney’s work as a jazz musician in Chicago was intermittent at best: when he […]
Special Interest have announced their new album Endure with a video for their new song “Midnight Legend” (featuring Mykki Blanco). The LP is due out November 4 via Rough Trade. They have also announced a […]
Vladislav Delay will release a new album as Ripatti Deluxe, a new alias. Speed Demon, a 13-track album, was conceived after Delay, real name Sasu Ripatti, stumbled upon some happy hardcore and other early rave […]
‘If someone like Neil Young or Bob Marley were born in Kashmir, who do you think they would have supported?” Ali Saffudin asks. “The oppressed. These are my inspirations.” For Saffudin, a Kashmiri folk singer-songwriter, […]
After making a name for herself playing Florence on The Jeffersons, Marla Gibbs moved immediately on to another classic sitcom, 227, about the residents of a Washington, D.C. apartment building. There, she was reunited with Hal […]
Robert Fripp has quipped that he was put off heavy metal when George Lynch tried to “steal his girlfriend”. The only surviving member of prog rock group King Crimson says the blues stole his heart […]
What was Mickey Mantle’s Net Worth? Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death. Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma […]
Joey DeFrancesco performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis in 2021. Mark Sheldon hide caption toggle caption Mark Sheldon Joey DeFrancesco performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis in 2021. Mark Sheldon Joey DeFrancesco, who […]
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 3.0 Taylor Swift is officially facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly lifting elements of a 2010 poetry collection to create a book that released with the deluxe […]
Noah Cyrus is gearing up to release her debut solo album, and with her latest single “Every Beginning Ends,” she’s got none other than Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard in her corner. Listen to […]
Max and Iggor Cavalera have announced a Fall 2022 US leg for their continuing “Return Beneath Arise” tour. The brothers who founded Brazilian thrash institution Sepultura, but are no longer in the band, will head […]
Winning tip: Don’t listen politely, Granada, Spain If you go to a touristy flamenco venue in Granada, the performances will be good quality but the audience, made up of foreign visitors, is likely to be […]
Taylor Swift is being sued by poet and author Teresa La Dart, who claims that Swift stole the design of La Dart’s 2010 book Lover for the book accompanying Swift’s 2019 album of the same […]
Jerry Allison, an architect of rock drumming who played and co-wrote songs with childhood friend Buddy Holly and whose future wife inspired the classic song “Peggy Sue,” has died at 82. His death was confirmed […]
Taylor Swift flipped through an old poetry book and decided to hijack the vibe and design for her own offering nearly a decade later — at least according to a new lawsuit. A woman named […]
Jaimie Branch, the jazz composer and trumpeter, has died aged 39. International Anthem, the progressive Chicago label that released her music, confirmed that she died on 22 August at her home in Brooklyn, New York. […]
This image provided by A2H Engineers, Architects, Planners on Aug. 18, 2022, shows digital rendering of the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in Marks, Miss. AP hide caption toggle caption AP This image […]
Maren Morris is diving into her vacation in her swimsuit! The country star, currently spending time in Idaho with her family, shared some photos and videos of her adventures. In them, she wears a black […]
Progressive groove metal juggernauts JINJER recently announced that with the support of the Ukrainian Ministry Of Culture, they were granted a special exemption to exit Ukraine in order to help their countrymen the best way […]
What was Elizabeth Peña’s Net Worth? Elizabeth Pena was an American actress and television producer who had a net worth of $1 million at the time of her death in 2014. Elizabeth Peña was best […]